COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -Local area network (LAN) technologies connect many devices that are relatively close to each other, usually in the same building. The library terminals that display book information would connect over a local area network.

Detailed explanation-2: -Library networks A bibliographic network is a form of cooperative network that involves the sharing of bibliographic data and, typically, computer components such as a central server, on which to store the bibliographic data, and computer software (for example, retrieval software).

Detailed explanation-3: -In conjunction with other computers or as the principal computing platform, LANs allow distributed access to library systems and external resources by users who connect through their office computers. Information products such as custom bibliographies and interloan requests can also be transported through the system.

Detailed explanation-4: -LANs can be defined as the interconnection of computers and peripherals within a limited geographical area, and they can be distinguished, based on their topology and the communication media used to interconnect the equipment. Application of LANs in libraries were initiated in American and British libraries.